Neural Mechanisms of Enhancing Emotion Regulation in Bereaved Spouses

Cognitive emotion regulation training via cognitive reappraisal involves the ability to modify the trajectory of an emotional response by thinking about and appraising emotional information in an alternative, more adaptive way. Reappraisal to down-regulate negative emotion can be operationalized via two tactics: psychological distancing and reinterpretation. The current study will randomly assign participants to receive a brief course of reappraisal training using either psychological distancing or reinterpretation.